Sony HDW-750P User Manual
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The HDW-750P is a high definition camcorder recording to the HDCAM
format. It can operate in either 25P progressive scan mode, or 50i
interlaced. It's designed for the European HD for TV market, but has found
many other applications, from corporate to commercials and movies.
The HDW-730S can operate at either 50i or 59.94i and is designed mainly
for TV applications for the European or American / Japanese / 60Hz
market.
This guide is designed for people using the Sony HDW-750P or
HDW-730S camcorder who need some practical advice when
preparing for a shoot. It's pitched at a level that will make most
sense to people coming from a Digital Betacam
but will hopefully still be of use to those coming from film or
other formats.
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Neil Thompson
January 2006
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- Page 1 The HDW-750P is a high definition camcorder recording to the HDCAM format. It can operate in either 25P progressive scan mode, or 50i interlaced. It’s designed for the European HD for TV market, but has found many other applications, from corporate to commercials and movies.
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Page 2: Quick Start
As usual with these guides, the general philosophy is to record as much information as cleanly as possible to the tape. There are many ways you can change the look of your pictures in camera, but unless you’re sure you’re going to get exactly the final effect you want, then you’re probably better spending time on lighting and composition. - Page 3 " " In most respects the two camcorders are identical. The following are the important differences: HDW-750P HDW-730S 25P or 50i 50i or 59.94i 2x optical filter wheels 1 x optical filter wheel FIT CCDs IT CCDs Concealed accessory connector at rear No connector &...
- Page 4 • Paint Menu Picture control. ‘The look’. Detail, Gamma, Knee etc. are all adjusted in this menu. Also has access to scene files to store and recall different ‘looks’. • Maintenance Menu Format switching (25P/50i ) is here, plus more obscure technical stuff. Includes the things that used to be in the menu accessed via the button on the timecode panel on digital betacam camcorders.
- Page 5 • Preset A default setting where you can decide what the default should be. When you hit the STD button on an RCP, or ALL PRESET in the menus, you are deleting various values held in the user layer, leaving the camera at its preset value. Use STORE USER PRESET or STORE ALL PRESET to change the default settings.
- Page 6 + $ % + $ % + $ % + $ % Load and save operations relate to file transfer to and from memory stick. Store and recall relate to file transfer within the camera. If you have a memory stick with setups already stored on it: Open the side panel and insert the memory stick.
- Page 7 HD mix, then tri-level sync must be used. The HDCAM format allows for many different frame rates. With the HDW-750P, things are a little simpler, as you can record at either 25P or 50i. Put very crudely, you’ve got film mode and video mode.
- Page 8 At a frame rate of: A film shutter angle of: Is equivalent to: 24 fps 200 degrees 43.2 Hz 172.8 With software version 1.7 and above it is possible to change the display of shutter speed to angular notation. This can be done from the service menu (see your dealer for to get this feature enabled for you.) The gain selections available from the switch on the side of the camcorder can be programmed in the user menu just like other camcorders.
- Page 9 HD will not fit into a PAL monitor. Too many lines, too high line frequency. This can make things a little awkward for location monitoring and viewing. The HDW-750P / 730S however,comes with a number of standard and optional output signals that should give you what you need.
- Page 10 Some things to be aware of: • The HDW-F900 and the ‘HDW-750P / 730s are very different in the way the detail works. There’s much less range available on the F900, and if you wind the detail up to the end stop, it still won’t make the pictures very hard edged or unpleasant.
- Page 11 & + ,, • Key to the matrix and gamma curve numbers used in the paint menu: EBU matrix is recommended, or ITU-709 preferred by BBC R&D. Matrix off will give an acceptable but desaturated look. Standard Gamma curve 4 has a high initial gain, and is useful if going through a grading process during post production.
- Page 12 OPERATION MENU 01 OUTPUT SELECT Highest quality output for critical monitoring, or recording to external device. Max cable run approx HD SDI OUT on/off 60m. Uses power, so turn off if you need to conserve batteries. Composite video (VBS) or SDI selectable from this output, as long as the downconverter option is REAR BNC OUT VBS/SDI/off installed.
- Page 13 08 MARKER 2 On / Off You can draw a box cursor in the viewfinder, any size and position. USER BOX USER BOX WIDTH USER BOX HEIGHT USER BOX H POS USER BOX V POS CENTER H POS CENTER V POS ASPECT SAFE ZONE Turns ON/OFF the SAFETY ZONE MARKER display with respect to the ASPECT MARKER.
- Page 14 17 SHUTTER ENABLE On/off Electronic clear-scan. Continuously variable shutter used for example to eliminate flicker from CRT computer monitors On/off You can eliminate any shutter speed options you never use. 1/33 On/off (Saves time when selecting a shutter speed with the toggle switch on the front of the camera.) 1/50 On/off 1/60...
- Page 15 05 BLK GAMMA [on] Black gamma changes the initial slope of the gamma curve , only in the blacks. BLACK GAMMA Off/On [High] BLK GAMMA RANGE Low/l.mid/h.mid/high [22] MASTER BLK GAMMA -99 to 99 (0) R BLK GAMMA -99 to 99 (0) G BLK GAMMA -99 to 99 (0) B BLK GAMMA...
- Page 16 13 V MOD VMOD Off/on MASTER VMOD -99 to 99 (0) R VMOD -99 to 99 (0) G VMOD -99 to 99 (0) B VMOD -99 to 99 (0) OUTPUT SELCT Y/R/G/B 14 LOW KEY SAT Used to increase colour saturation in low luminance areas of picture. LOW KEY SAT Off/on Use with care, as effect on one scene may not look good for a different scene.
- Page 17 07 VTR MODE 2 AU REC EMPHASIS Off/on Off/on CUE REC AU REF LVL -18dB/-20dB AU REF OUT 0dB/+4dB/-3dB Off/on/auto AU SG 1KHz MIC CH1 LVL Side1/front/f+S1 MIC CH2 LVL Side2/front/f+S2 Side1/front/f+S1 REAR1 WRR LVL REAR2 WRR LVL Side2/front/f+S2 08 VTR MODE 3 TC OUT Auto/gene DF/NDF...
- Page 18 16 ND COMP ND OFFSET ADJUST Off/on CLEAR ND OFFSET Exec ND ADJUST MODE 17 FORMAT CURRENT NEXT 50i / 25p 18 VANC RX UMID LINE 1 UMID LINE 2 FILE MENU 01 USER FILE USER FILE LOAD Off/on USER FILE SAVE Off/on F ID Off/on...
- Page 19 08 LENS FILE 3 SHADING CH SEL R/G/B OUTPUT SEL Y/R/G/B LENS RGB H SAW -99 to 99 (0) LENS RGB H PARA -99 to 99 (0) LENS RGB V SAW -99 to 99 (0) LENS RGB V PARA -99 to 99 (0) 09 MEMORY STICK Off/user/all/ scene/lens FORMAT...